Cinna's Hotel Room [Sunday evening]

[thegirl_onfire]

Katniss had chalked up the prep team's insistence to simply feeling useless, and her own ragged appearance. They'd dragged her back to Cinna's room, where she'd been buffed, sanded, manicured and blown dry

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[not_a_tribute]

"What's the most stylish thing I could do with my hair?" Prim was asking, bouncing slightly on the edge of the bed.

[not_a_deep_trio]

"Dye it," Flavius decided after a moment

[not_a_deep_trio]

"Purple!" Octavia squealed, pausing in her work to clap her hands.

[not_a_deep_trio]

"And curl it," Venia added wisely. "Many, many tiny curls. You'd be just beautiful! Oh, think -- the sister of Katniss Everdeen. You'd be a celebrity if they let you come and we could make you over!"

[man_withtaste]

"She'll stay in District Twelve with her mother," Cinna said a little firmly, pulling a green sweater from the trunk and holding it up appraisingly against Katniss's coloring.

[not_a_deep_trio]

"She doesn't have to," Flavius pointed out, as Katniss fidgeted. "Katniss'll be going to the Capitol soon enough, for the Games! She could bring her lovely sister along with Peeta!"

[thegirl_onfire]

Katniss grimaced slightly, and shook her head. "Prim's staying in Twelve. You guys can make me up however Cinna sees fit, but leave her out of it."

[man_withtaste]

Cinna ignored Flavius's subsequent pout. "Finish Katniss's nails," he said.

[not_a_tribute]

"I don't think I could come, anyway," Prim added, glancing at Katniss and then at Cinna. "Not when this year is so important."

[man_withtaste]

"Your sister will be very busy," Cinna agreed. "It will be--" he rejected both 'easier' and 'safer' as terms to use, "--better to stay at home, I think."

[thegirl_onfire]

"Maybe the third Quell won't be as bad as the last two," Katniss ventured. "Haymitch won the last one, though. Maybe he'll have suggestions."

[man_withtaste]

"Maybe," Cinna agreed diplomatically. He busied himself by pulling out a pair of pants from the trunk. "We'll know for certain next week."

[thegirl_onfire]

Katniss froze, Octavia's hands still moving in her hair. "That soon?" she asked quietly. "They're announcing it that soon?"

[man_withtaste]

He nodded, looking regretful. "I'll leave the trunk with you. There are outfits for your trip home."

[thegirl_onfire]

Katniss glanced at the trunk, then back at Cinna. "...when am I leaving?" she asked, even quieter. Prim reached out to take her hand, and Katniss felt like she knew the answer, just from that.

[man_withtaste]

"Tonight," Cinna said softly.